By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday dedicated a new statue of King
Sejong (1397-1450), one of Korea's most respected ancient rulers credited with

Hyderabad, Oct 9 (PTI) India's noted civil rights
activist K Balagopal died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital
here in Hyderabad (the capital of India's southern state of

During the meeting, continuation of the India-Russia
Joint Venture 'BrahMos' cruise missile project and development
of the next generation hypersonic BrahMos-II cruise missiles

New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) India is likely to finalise a
fresh deal with Russia for purchase of aircraft carrier
'Admiral Gorshkov' besides holding talks on decades-old

The extension of the IRIGC-MTC programme beyond 2010
was earlier discussed by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
during his meeting with then Russian President Vladimir Putin

New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) An American journalist, who
claimed that police beat him up after they mistook him for a
car-thief three days ago here, left the country early Friday

According to a police official, Elliot was drunk and was
returning to his flat when a security guard spotted him while
allegedly trying to break into a taxi.

"In self-defense, I swung at some of them, but quickly
went down beneath a rain of blows on my head, back, arms,
thighs, shins, buttocks and ankles. The beating continued for

New Delhi, Oct 9(PTI) A day after its embassy in Kabul was
attacked by a suicide bomber, an undeterred India Friday said
it is committed to development work in Afghanistan, which

Referring to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Kaur said it
has offered huge opportunity to work for sustainable energy
security.